Member: schinders

Noticed you liked Clockwork Orange, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a group of violent kids (and also a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:05 am (EST) on Sep 14, 2009

Hi,

I would like to invite you to read my new fantasy novel, "Gateway to DreamWorld." It has received rave reviews and has a shot at becoming a movie.

http://www.eloquentbooks.com/GatewayToDreamWorld.html

Brenda Estacio

posted by Bks2plz at 1:06 am (EST) on Aug 20, 2009

Hello,
I know Cecile Salway who illustrated Children on the Map. Do you have a copy or know where I may get one?
Thanks,
Darcy

posted by DarcyKY at 9:27 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love
For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

~ T.S. Eliot ~

(The Four Quartets)

posted by theoldman at 12:21 pm (EST) on May 5, 2009

Hi Ellen,
I am interested in creating dolls from different materials, wool, yarn, felt, etc. I got the idea from some craft magazines I had read. An artist or two created dolls from various mediums, and I was intrigued by the concept. I have seen some imaginative creatures made from felt with minute detail and some larger dolls that were more human looking but still fantastical. I would rather create something that is not so human but a bit other-worldly. I hope that answers your question. It's the kind of thing that I hope will manifest itself as I begin using the materials-I will start with felt and embroidery thread and probably fabric paint or markers. Good luck to me, right? Mary Beth Oh, and thanks for answering my questions.

posted by mmignano11 at 7:12 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

Hi Ellen,
What kind of creative eneavors do you have deadlines for? Do you mean for work? I work from home in the office for our construction company but I also am trying to write and get some short stories submitted. In addition, I really hope to get some dolls created from various materials, felt, wool, yarn, etc. or whatever comes to mind. I'm also interested in drawing but not sure I am any good at that. For some reason, I think it's something to do with my age, I have the need to be creative, to create with my hands and mind. I think I feel more free, more inspired, because I am free of some of the demands of having young children. My youngest is 15. I'm just getting used to having me to myself. I'm trying to get in some writing practice on reviews also. What do you do for work and/or hobbies, if you don't mind my asking? PS. I wouldn't have guessed Peggy Guggenheim! Mary Beth

posted by mmignano11 at 2:57 am (EST) on Mar 18, 2009

Ellen, I saw you on Abby's profile page and clicked on yours. I love your picture! I have three small dogs. I love the photography. Is that you? I would love to get my hands on a copy of the book I see in your Most Recent Activity. Right up my alley. Are we over-the -top bibliophiles because we both listed our dictionaries. I'm doing the 50 Book Challenge also but I do that on another account as Pagedove. Look for me there. Here I do reviews and list my home library, which includes keepers and TBR's. Mountainous TBR. What fun. And I just got notified that I got an ER book. Yay! And a great one may I add. In the Sanctuary of The Outcasts (I think that's right, oops!)about a leper colony once belong to Jim Carvell's family. Thus I was thanking Abby and LT. Write me! Mary Beth

posted by mmignano11 at 2:06 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2009